Note: The data collected by the mid-term survey in 2010 on contraception prevalence and the unmet need for family planning was not taken into account as that survey was conducted only in rural Nepal and its results cannot be generalised to the nation as a whole.

Priorities until 2015

Progress thus far suggests that Nepal’s child and maternal health-related MDGs are achievable. The real challenge is to scale up what works, continually improve effectiveness and accelerate progress. There is also a need to better target the hardest to reach segment of the popula-tion, those who have been overlooked in the past. This group includes, the ultra-poor and those disadvantaged because of their sex, age, ethnicity, disability, or geo-graphical location.

New targets for major child and maternal health indicators should be established and some altogether new indicators added. In addition, since achievements are currently not uniform across either population groups or ecological or devel-opment regions, these targets should disaggregated.

Maternal health

Set new targets for the MMR, the pro -portion of births attended by SBAs, CPR, and the adolescent birth rate.

Add several new indicators, includ -ing the rate of unmet need for family planning among couples currently living together, the proportion of deliveries in health facilities, the percentage of ever-married women aged 15-49 with a low body mass index (BMI<18.5), and total fertility rate.

Establish disaggregated targets that take into account the current disparities across demographic and geographical groups.